I JUST SPENT $43.87 at the dollar store…
How could I spend so much money at a place where things cost only one dollar? I went in to buy paper cups and craft sticks for a church project and Spanish moss if they had any pretty gift bags.
Turns out the store had all of these things — and much more. Like this cool nail file that has green sparkly flowers on one side. Paper towels, sunglasses, a magazine that’s only slightly out-of-date. Chewing gum. I even found a darling yellow hat for my granddaughter. And this purple pill organizer that lets me put all my supplements for the week in one place.
Wait. I’m beginning to see how I could spend $43.87 at the dollar store. I did it one dollar at a time.
Little things tend to add up. A cookie here, some ice cream there — a pair of jeans that won’t zip. A week too busy for devotional reading, a day so crowded that there’s no time for exercise, an evening when one TV show turns into hours spent staring at the tube — then I wonder why I’m feeling sluggish, physically and spiritually.
But it works in a positive way too. One little act of kindness, one smile at a hassled clerk, one card sent to brighten someone’s day — and the world doesn’t seem as hostile, as hopeless. So here’s to little things. Well managed, they can have big results. Mary Lou Carney
KneEmail: “For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the LORD has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?” Genesis 30.30
Bible reading for 07.06.11: Acts 14; Job 32, 33
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